85
Age
43
Movies
52
TV Shows
7.5
Rating
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
85
Died at
43
Movies
52
TV Shows
7.5
Avg Rating
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
1984
James Saburo Shigeta (June 17, 1929 – July 28, 2014) was an American actor, singer, and musician of Japanese descent. He was noted for his roles in The Crimson Kimono (1959), Walk Like a Dragon (1960), Flower Drum Song (1961), Bridge to the Sun (1961), Die Hard (1988), and Mulan (1998). In 1960, he won the Golden Globe Award for Most Promising Newcomer – Male, along with three other actors.
In his early career, Shigeta often played romantic male lead roles, which were almost nonexistent for an actor of Asian descent during his time, making him a trailblazer in Asian American representation in media. The Goldsea Asian-American Daily magazine listed him as one of the "Most Inspiring Asian-Americans Of All Time".
Before his Hollywood career he found success as a pop singer and performer abroad, especially in Japan and Australia.
Gender
Male
Birthday
June 17, 1929
Died
July 28, 2014
Birthplace
Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA
Also Known As
Die Hard
1988
Mulan
1998
Death Walks in Laredo
1967
Tomorrow's Child
1982
Midnight Man
1995
Carol for Another Christmas
1964
The Crimson Kimono
1959
Midway
1976
Beam Me Up, Sulu
2025
Drive
1997
Home from the Eastern Sea
1990
Bridge to the Sun
1961
Nobody's Perfect
1968
Yorktown: A Time to Heal
2022
Brother
2000
Escape to Mindanao
1968
Hollywood Chinese
2007
Flower Drum Song
1961
The Questor Tapes
1974
The Slanted Screen
2006
+ 23 more movies
Perry Mason
1957
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Beverly Hills, 90210
1990
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Magnum, P.I.
1980
Golden Globe Awards
1944
Golden Globe Awards
1944
The Love Boat
1977
Little House on the Prairie
1974
Babylon 5
1994
Airwolf
1984
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Emergency!
1972
Mission: Impossible
1966
Ironside
1967
The Rockford Files
1974
Avatar: The Last Airbender
2005
Dr. Kildare
1961
Renegade
1992
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